# I'm convinced!  Bachmann is insane.

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [August 19, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-convinced-bachmann-is-insane/593317 "2011-08-19T14:45:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-convinced-bachmann-is-insane/593317/21 "2011-08-24T23:31:57Z")

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Well, we’d need gas to be under $2 per gallon so we could all still manage to drive to our 37 cents per hour professional jobs after she abolishes the minimum wage. After all, she is on record as advocating that, because if companies could pay whatever they wanted, we’d have no unemployment!

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-convinced-bachmann-is-insane/593317/22 "2011-08-25T07:20:01Z")

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Laugh at Palin, worry about Bachman.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-convinced-bachmann-is-insane/593317/23 "2011-08-25T07:53:08Z")

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> [@DSYoungEsq](#):
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> Thank goodness we have Christine O’Donnell to remind us of just how much more insane someone could be than Rep. Bachman.

Christine O’Donnell and Jonathan Sharkey.

Can you name a third politician who’s more insane than Michele Bachmann?

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**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-convinced-bachmann-is-insane/593317/24 "2011-08-25T14:20:12Z")

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I am pretty sure [Rep. Louie Gohmert](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Gohmert)is giving her a run for her money in the Loony Republican division.

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**Author:** ![AlienVessels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@AlienVessels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlienVessels)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-convinced-bachmann-is-insane/593317/25 "2011-08-25T15:05:49Z")

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> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#):
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> I am pretty sure [Rep. Louie Gohmert](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Gohmert)is giving her a run for her money in the Loony Republican division.

Gohmert Pyle, US Member of Congress (USMC). You can watch outtakes on CSPAN. Just another example of how bizarre you can be and still get elected as a Congresscritter. IMO, Republicans are a bit more likely to be a bit off the beaten path because they work from a more local perspective. They want to apply their more local values to the more global society.

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